Reports & Publications

 

Books


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Software Change Management: Case Studies and Practical Advice,
Microsoft Press, 2011.
This book presents ten learning experiences via case studies that readers can use to understand the issues in and sharpen their skills when implementing change organizationally.
Software Maintenance Success Recipes,
Auerbach Publishers, 2011.
This book builds on the results of three years of study to help readers understand how to succeed when trying to keep software up-to-date and operational in a maintenance environment.
Software Management,
7th Edition, IEEE Computer Society, 2006.
The 7th edition of this popular text has been updated with materials to help readers better manage their software projects and the risks impacting delivery.
The Poor Person's Guide to Estimating Software Costs,
IEEE ReadyNote, 2006..
This guide offers a step-by-step process for estimating software costs.  It provides formulas that software developers use to estimate the effort involved in delivering software.
Making the Software Business Case, Addison-Wesley, 2001. This book helps engineers to justify expenditures and prepare successful business cases. It provides useful examples of what to and what not to do via case studies.
Software Cost Estimation with COCOMO II,
Prentice-Hall, 2000.
This textbook explains the COCOMO II model and discusses how to use it to develop accurate cost and schedule estimates for software projects.
Practical Software Reuse,
John Wiley & Sons, 1997.
This book provides readers with suggested ways to introduce software product line, architecture and reuse concepts into their organizations.

Reports


The following reports are available for download.

Let the Numbers do the Talking (Download 135kb Adobe Acrobat Document) Mar 2002 This paper provides software cost and productivity benchmarks for twelve application domains.

Software Productivity Benchmarking Report

Jun 2011 This report provides our most current software cost, productivity and quality benchmarks.  It sells for $2,000/copy.  Those interested in puchasing a copy should contact us at info@reifer.com.